I. fakˈsiməlē, -li noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Latin fac simile! make something similar!, from fac (imp. of facere to make do) + simile, neuter of similis like, similar — more at do , same
1. : an exact and detailed copy of something (as of a book, document, painting, or statue)
2. : the process of transmitting and reproducing (as printed matter or still pictures) originally by facsimile telegraph but now chiefly by a system of radio communication in which the subject matter is scanned by a pinprick of light and differences between light and dark are noted by a photoelectric cell, transmitted by radio broadcast, and intercepted by a radio receiver equipped with a stylus or other device that produces a printed record on paper
a facsimile recorder
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
1. : to be an exact copy of
2. : to make a facsimile of or reproduce by the process of facsimile